E3 2016: Biggest gaming show on Earth kicks off as PS4 and Xbox prepare for all out war

GO: The annual E3 gaming conference is all set to unveil a ton of new games for 2016 and beyond

E3 is where all the big games for the next 12 months and beyond get announced.

And we're in for a treat this year as the conference centre hands itself over to the future of gaming in Virtual Reality.

We're expecting to be inundated with dozens of new triple-A titles for the Playstation VR headset, due out this October.

And with a looming war on the way, already available rival Oculus is bound to hit back with its own slew of exclusives.

VR games we already know about and will see more of at E3 include Robinson: The Journey, an epic adventure title from Crytek, motoring game Driveclub, horror title Until Dawn: Rush of Blood and EA's much-wanted Star Wars Battlefront VR.

With regards to more traditional telly-based games, big noise is being made about an expected sequel to the cowboy hit Red Dead Redemption from the brains behind GTA.

E3 2016: Our 16 most hotly anticipated games

All eyes are on Los Angeles for the annual E3 gaming convention and here’s our 16 most hotly anticipated games that we can't wait to get our hands on.

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There's also the return of Gears of War for the Xbox One, the next Halo title in Halo Wars 2, interesting looking pirate adventure Sea of Thieves and the return of a hit series in Crackdown 3.

For the Playstation 4, Sony will be pushing the much delayed The Last Guardian, robot dinosaurs blockbuster Horizon: Zero Dawn and we should see more of the upcoming Final Fantasy 7 remake.

Across both machines there's also more coming from hacking game Watch Dogs 2, football series FIFA 17, mech shooter Titanfall 2, Activision's Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and EA war epic Battlefield 1 to enjoy.

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ON SHOW: Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft will be debuting their brand new games all week

But it's not all about software this year.

We're expecting to see a new Playstation console unveiled in the Playstation Neo.

The machine is said to be a more powerful version of the PS4, with boosted graphics and the ability to handle the PS VR better.

Microsoft is also widely believed to be readying a slimmed down version of its Xbox One machine and could well unveil its own new console in the Xbox 'Scorpio' if insiders are to be believed.

But let's not forget Nintendo.

We might also get a sneak peak (finally) at the companies upcoming NX console, which will supposedly boast a 'new way of playing' using both a traditional plugged-in console and a take-away screen controller for on-the-go gaming.

It'll be some week.

And it all kicks off this Sunday, June 12.

Tune in to dailystar.co.uk/tech for all the latest information as it comes in.